mitt romney has been focusing in on virginia. cnn's national political correspondent, jim acosta is standing by. but let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jessica l yellin, first. jessica, how did the democrats feel after their convention this week? >> reporter: hi, wolf. well, the democrats have clearly received the news of the jobs numbers as unwelcome news. it put a damper on the convention, and seeing it as a sign that the president has been unable to turn around a persistently weak economy. and they know that won't go over well. but still, they are cheered by the outcome of the convention. not only by mrs. obama's speech and president clinton's speeches, which we've focused on, but also on the last night of the convention, which they seem really as a testament to the president's leadership, with the goal being making the president, the man, and the office so synonymous, that voters would not be able to mention anyone else in the oval office. clearly, they're hopeful that since the weak economy has persisted and th